Susan Mehringershm7@cornell.edu

Cornell University Center for Advanced Computing (CAC) CAC Associate Director for ConsultingXSEDE Training LeadFrontera Training Partner

The Third National Research Platform WorkshopPanel: National Research Cyberinfrastructure LandscapeSeptember 24, 2019

XSEDE OverviewXSEDE:• Is an NSF-funded virtual organization• Integrates and coordinates the sharing of advanced digital services (e.g.

supercomputers, visualization, data analysis resources)• Serves researchers nationally to support science• Provides users with seamless integration to NSF's high-performance

computing and data resources

https://www.xsede.org/https://portal.xsede.org/

Research computing resources availableLocation Name Description CPUs Peak Tflops File Space (TB)

TACC Stampede2 Dell/Intel Knights Landing, Skylake System 368,280 12,800.0

TACC Wrangler Long-term Storage 10,000TACC Ranch Long-term tape Archival Storage 61,440

SDSC Comet Dell Cluster with Intel Haswell Processors 46,752 2,000.0SDSC Comet GPU GPU Nodes 1,728 104.0

SDSC Data Oasis Medium-term disk storage 4,000PSC Bridges Regular Memory 21,056 894.6PSC Bridges GPU Bridges GPU 1,344 894.6

PSC Bridges GPU-AI Bridges GPU-Artificial Intelligence 16 9.9

PSC Bridges Large Large Memory Nodes 160 894.6PSC Bridges Pylon Storage 10,000IU/TACC Jetstream Cloud, VMs, HTC 15,360 516.1IU/TACC Jetstream Storage Storage 960

OSG OSG Open Science Grid, HTC 60,000 50.0LSU superMIC Cluster 7,200 925.0

Which is the right resource for your work?• Software availability: https://portal.xsede.org/software#/• Resource details & user guide: https://portal.xsede.org/resource-monitor• Recommended use: https://portal.xsede.org/allocations/resource-info

AllocationsEligible: Almost all U.S.-based university and non-profit researchersCost: noneAvailable to: • Experienced HPC users with

large-scale needs• New users in computational science,

visualization, or data analysis• Those deploying a science gateway• Support academic courses and training activities

https://portal.xsede.org/allocations/announcements

Types of allocations:• Campus Champion• Startup• Research• Education

SupportTraining: https://www.xsede.org/for-users/training

Curriculum and Educator Programs:https://www.xsede.org/community-engagement/educator-programs

Extended Collaborative Support Services:https://www.xsede.org/for-users/training

Cyberinfrastructure Integration: https://www.xsede.org/ecosystem/ci-integration

Info/ContactGeneral infohttps://www.xsede.org/User docshttps://portal.xsede.org/Allocationshttps://portal.xsede.org/allocations/announcementsSubmit a tickethttps://portal.xsede.org/web/xup/help-deskCampus Championshttps://www.xsede.org/community-engagement/campus-champions

Support• Extended scientific consulting support• Training (multiple formats), online documentation• 24x7 ticket support• Multiple queues, reservations, etc• Shared Work Filesystem, Archive access• Comprehensive software stackSupport + • Auto-tuned MPI stacks• Automated Performance Monitoring, with data mining to drive consulting• Slack channels for user supportSupport + +• Full Containerization support• Support for Controlled Unclassified Information (i.e. Protected Data)• Application servers for persistent VMs to support services for automation

Info/ContactGeneral Infohttps://www.tacc.utexas.edu/systems/frontera“Welcome to Frontera March 20, 2019” on YouTube

User docshttps://portal.tacc.utexas.edu/user-guides/frontera

Allocations – NSF Petascale Computing Resource Allocations (PRAC)https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2017/nsf17542/nsf17542.htm

Submit a tickethttps://portal.tacc.utexas.edu/ (login to see link)